thesis
A proposition or statement supported by arguments.
Other meanings
A lengthy essay written to establish the validity of a thesis (sense 1.1), especially one submitted in order to complete the requirements for a non-doctoral degree in the US and a doctoral degree in the UK; a dissertation.
A conjecture, especially one too vague to be formally stated or verified but useful as a working convention.
Related words
- counterthesis
- nonthesis
- all but thesis
- bowling alone thesis
- bachelor's thesis
- blue water thesis
- Church-Turing thesis
- conflict thesis
- doctoral thesis
- e-thesis
- graduate thesis
- Habakkuk thesis
Word history
From Ancient Greek "θέσῐς".
Where this comes from
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